Teachers, do you love getting your classroom in the spirit of the season like I do? I find that the easiest way is by decorating my door for the holidays! I enjoy greeting my students with a wintery themed display using Dollar Tree’s table covers, paint, wrapping paper, poster board, cut-out letters, garland, tissue paper, and holiday décor. This year I decided to create a warming welcome with this fireplace display complete with stockings hung with care.

This door will give your class a warm atmosphere, getting your students excited for the holidays as they see a stocking labeled with their name! Wrap the door in wrapping paper or a plastic tablecloth and use a kitchen sponge and red paint to stamp the “bricks”. Use brown paper logs and tissue paper to create the toasty fire. Cut a rectangular strip of black poster board for the mantle and cut stockings from red poster board and line them with shiny garland. Label each stocking with a student’s name, and finish the display with cut letters, “Stockings Hung with Care”. Surprise your students with this fun door as your welcome the month of December!

Here’s What You’ll Need:

Table Cloth or Wrapping Paper

Red Paint

Paper Plate

Rectangular Kitchen Sponge

Brown Construction Paper

Red, Yellow, and Orange Tissue Paper

Tape

Scissors

Red Poster Board

Black Poster Board

Marker

Garland

Cut Letters

Easy Step-by-Step Directions:

Line your door in tablecloth or wrapping paper and secure it to the sides with tape.

Pour red paint into the paper plate, and dip the sponge into the paint. Stamp the paint covered sponge onto the covered door, repeating the stamp in a fireplace brick pattern- leaving a square opening for the fire.

Cut 2-3 brown paper logs and tape them into the square opening. Rip and wrinkle tissue paper and tape over top of the brown logs to form the fire.

Cut a long rectangular strip of black poster board and tape it on top of the brick fire place as the mantle.

Then, cut out stockings (one for each student) from red poster board and tape each one to the mantle. Cut small strips of garland and tape on top of each stocking.

Use a marker to write in each student’s name, one on each stocking.

Lastly, tape the letters to spell “Stockings Hung with Care”, on the top half of the door.

Enjoy the atmosphere this warm door brings to your classroom all month long!